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{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}} {{For|the townships|Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Hempfield, Pennsylvania |official_name = |settlement_type = [[Unincorporated community]] |nickname = |motto = <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = <!-- Maps --> |pushpin_map = Pennsylvania#USA |pushpin_label = Hempfield |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |image_map = |map_caption = <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]] |subdivision_name3 = [[West Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania|West Hempfield]] |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = <!-- Mayor --> |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = [[2000 United States Census|2000]] |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto <!-- General information --> |timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = |coordinates = {{coord|40|03|17|N|76|26|20|W|type:city_region:US-PA_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Hempfield''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. Hempfield is a tiny locale in [[West Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania|West Hempfield Township]], a few miles west of [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], the [[county seat]]. ==History== Hempfield Township was one of the original townships set off when the boundaries of Lancaster County were surveyed in 1729. At that time, it included the present areas of [[East Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania|East Hempfield Township]], West Hempfield Township, [[Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Manor Township]], and the Boroughs of [[Columbia, Pennsylvania|Columbia]], [[Mountville, Pennsylvania|Mountville]], and [[East Petersburg, Pennsylvania|East Petersburg]]. ==Etymology== Hempfield is said to be so named on account of the [[hemp]] fields formerly located in the area.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WyAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5721%2C5662865 | title=Early history | work=Reading Eagle | date=Jun 9, 1896 | access-date=18 October 2015 | pages=25}}</ref> ==Notable person== *[[Christian Strenge]], [[fraktur (folk art)|fraktur]] artist<ref name="Wertkin2004">{{cite book|author=Gerard C. Wertkin|title=Encyclopedia of American Folk Art|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780415929868|url-access=registration|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-95614-1}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==See also== * [[Hempfield High School]] {{Lancaster County, Pennsylvania}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania]]
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